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In the news: HP’S ‘chief seer’
Over the years, there have been more interviews than I can count with a wide range of media. In some cases, the press give you a nickname such as the ‘chief seer’. The following is a collection of questions from an interview with the San Jose Mercury News. So here are the answers to the […]
Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams
Download KI_20080713.mp3 Segment 1: Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams 1. Changing the organizations culture * People will resist * Be prepared for corporate anti-bodies * Secure deep management support * Win by example * Find/train/support innovation evangelists 2. Define the metrics * Management needs proof of impact and success * Secure
Here Is The Metric That Can Predict Future Innovation Value
How do you measure the productivity of your innovation investment? The goal of any R&D organization is to conceive, develop and deliver product and/or services that customers will highly value and therefore be willing to pay a margin premium. The challenge is that the standard metric for innovation
Changing Your Perspective Skills
Download KI_20080629.mp3 Segment 1: How to change your perspective and look beyond the obvious * We all have filters * We don’t even realize we have filters (what is half of thirteen?) * We need our own internal flags to remind us to change our perspective Segment 2: Why is
Showing the future at the Disneyland Dream Home
How do you show what’s possible in the future? You could always write a report or create a PowerPoint. I’m a big believer in making the future seem real … How? By putting the users into the future today by creating an immersive experience. Let them see, touch, smell, taste the future today. A fe
The Interns Are Back!!
Yes … I’m doing the “experiment” again by having two of my summer interns stay with me. Based on last summers experience (Start, End, Intern Post), I decided to repeat it again … So far, we have one intern already in the house (Senior from Virginia Tech) with the second one arrive in the next […]
Observation Skills – Find the unspoken needs and wants of customers
Download KI_20080601.mp3 Using observation skills to find the unspoken needs and wants of customers. * Simple approach – Use feedback from customers (complaints, emails, etc) * Go deeper * Active Observation – get our of the chair/office and go to where the customers are * Active Reflection – after the observation, go back and
Creative Economy – Recorded LIVE!
Recorded live April 4, 2008 at the Business Alliance Bootcamp for Growing Companies and Entrepreneurs … Change is something we may try to stop but never will. From the agriculture economy to the manufacturing economy to the knowledge/information economy to that of the creative economy … where wealth creation is dependent
